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financial leaders, ben bernanke, tim geithner and larry summers. the great majority of your votes were not surprisingly for ben bernanke. some says he was brilliant and deserving of a medal of honor. others like josh of new york thought bernanke's actions were detrimental by bringing interest rates down to near zero he has set the stage for roaring inflation. one member said it wasn't any member of them that deserves credit, it was, quote, the hard working people who pay full taxes. this week i want to know on a scale of one to ten how likely you think it is that we will see a resolution of the palestini palestinian-israeli conflict in the next ten years. let me know what you think. please don't forget to include your name and where you live. we like to know who is watching and give credit where it's due. as always, i would like to recommend a book. it's called "come back america: turning the country around and restoring fiscal responsibility." it's about what everybody was talking about in davos last week and washington this week, america's crushi
financial leaders, ben bernanke, tim geithner and larry summers. the great majority of your votes were not surprisingly for ben bernanke. some says he was brilliant and deserving of a medal of honor. others like josh of new york thought bernanke's actions were detrimental by bringing interest rates down to near zero he has set the stage for roaring inflation. one member said it wasn't any member of them that deserves credit, it was, quote, the hard working people who pay full taxes. this week i...
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financial leaders, ben bernanke, timothy geithner, and larry summers. the great majority of your votes were not surprisingly for ben bernanke. some saying he was brilliant and deserving of a medal of honor. others like josh sitterowitz of new york thought bernanke's actions were detrimental. "by bringing interest rates down to near zero, he has set the stage for roaring inflation." and one member said it wasn't member of that troyka who deserve credit for saving the american economy, it was the people who pay taxes. this week, i want to know how likely it is that we'll see a resolution of the israe israeli/palestinian conflict in the text ten years. don't forget to give your name and where you live. also, as always, i would like to recommend a book. it's called "come back, america." turning the country around and restoring fiscal responsibility. it's about what everybody was talking about in davos last week and in washington this week. america's crushing governmental debt. president obama's new budget forecasts an astounding $1.6 trillion deficit. the b
financial leaders, ben bernanke, timothy geithner, and larry summers. the great majority of your votes were not surprisingly for ben bernanke. some saying he was brilliant and deserving of a medal of honor. others like josh sitterowitz of new york thought bernanke's actions were detrimental. "by bringing interest rates down to near zero, he has set the stage for roaring inflation." and one member said it wasn't member of that troyka who deserve credit for saving the american economy,...
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ben bernanke back for round two, and stephanie elam back. another rally today? >> sorry, kyra, i don't think we will get a repeat one. >> that was a sarcastic, laugh. hell no, kyra. >> yeah, pretty much. we will not see the same picture. but bernanke will deliver the same testimony today but this time before the senate banking committee. yesterday, investors were happy to hear they were going to keep key interest rates for a while longer. they raised the discount rate on what they charge to banks, and if that happened it could slow the recovery and it's a precarious time for the economy. investors jumped up and cheered ben bernanke after he said he was staying the course. and then the debt problems in greece may be getting worse. as i was saying, we are looking for triple digit losses out the gate. and that's what we have. the dow off 137 points. and so no, as i was saying, no, not another rally, at least not to start. >> gosh, okay. shut me down. thank you, steph. definitive. there we go. let's move on. >>> hummer goes the way of pontiac, and stud baker. the de
ben bernanke back for round two, and stephanie elam back. another rally today? >> sorry, kyra, i don't think we will get a repeat one. >> that was a sarcastic, laugh. hell no, kyra. >> yeah, pretty much. we will not see the same picture. but bernanke will deliver the same testimony today but this time before the senate banking committee. yesterday, investors were happy to hear they were going to keep key interest rates for a while longer. they raised the discount rate on what...
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we aren't expecting investors to make any really big moves until they hear from fed chief ben bernanke. he'll be delivering his semi-annual testimony before congress today. also tomorrow. you can bet those questions from lawmakers will focus a lot on unemployment in this country, the outlook for the overall economy and interest rates from the fed. what happened last week that's really going to play in here, the fed surprised wall street. they raised the interest rate that they charge banks for emergency loans. a lot of focus on that today expected as well. we're also going to keep a close eye on the housing sector today at the top of the hour. we'll get a report on new home sales. it is expected to show actually some good news that home sales jumped 5% last month. meantime, we've got one of the nation's biggest home builders toll brothers reporting earnings. the company also saying, listen, the housing market is still "in choppy waters but the seas are getting calmer." toll brothers reported its first quarter loss, narrowed a bit from a year ago. that's good news on the housing front.
we aren't expecting investors to make any really big moves until they hear from fed chief ben bernanke. he'll be delivering his semi-annual testimony before congress today. also tomorrow. you can bet those questions from lawmakers will focus a lot on unemployment in this country, the outlook for the overall economy and interest rates from the fed. what happened last week that's really going to play in here, the fed surprised wall street. they raised the interest rate that they charge banks for...
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that means henry paulson, ben bernanke, were the dentists. how does that make you feel, the thing that everybody hates is the thing you had to do. >> let me tell you, i felt like i was having a root canal. >> without anesthesia. >> i was a dentist having a root canal without anesthesia at the same time. but there's a scene in the book -- my book, "on the brink," and this was a day or two before we were going to need to step in and rescue citigroup. and what really hit me was that i was forever going to be associated with these bailouts and it would be the treasury secretary that did all these interventions. then, i said, that would be the good news. the bad news will be if we can't cobble together something that works for citigroup and it goes down. bi i'll be the treasury secretary who presides over another great depression. >> back with david gergen and diane brady. the reason we have you guys on is because you're honest about this. i think -- i think henry paulson had it right on there and there's a whole lot of revisionist history going o
that means henry paulson, ben bernanke, were the dentists. how does that make you feel, the thing that everybody hates is the thing you had to do. >> let me tell you, i felt like i was having a root canal. >> without anesthesia. >> i was a dentist having a root canal without anesthesia at the same time. but there's a scene in the book -- my book, "on the brink," and this was a day or two before we were going to need to step in and rescue citigroup. and what really...
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see how bernanke characterizes that. if that weren't enough drama this is bernanke's first testimony since winning confirmation by the senate in january. and there is still plenty of anger on the hill about the bailouts and debate about the fed's role in the new regulatory world which is still under discussion in washington. the mix of tightening talk, easy money walk, economic outlook, populist anger should make for a compelling couple hours not to mention, mark, the s&p auction rick mentioned, bond auction later in the day, toyota, and now bernanke. an interesting day, mark. >> thank you very much, steve liesman. >>> toll brothers reporting narrower than expected quarterly loss. shares higher in premarket. next, we will go inside those toll brothers numbers. >>> plus the bernanke testimony steve referred to. possibly new short selling rules for the market. new home sales. the president meeting with top business leaders. it's all on "squawk on the street" plus of course the toyota testimony. >> which brings us to our st
see how bernanke characterizes that. if that weren't enough drama this is bernanke's first testimony since winning confirmation by the senate in january. and there is still plenty of anger on the hill about the bailouts and debate about the fed's role in the new regulatory world which is still under discussion in washington. the mix of tightening talk, easy money walk, economic outlook, populist anger should make for a compelling couple hours not to mention, mark, the s&p auction rick...
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bernanke will avoid mngzing the timing of a rate hike. he told a house panel on wednesday that rates will continue to remain low for an extended period. this is coming at the same time that president obama will square off with lawmakers today in a last ditch effort to salvage his health care reform plan. republicans and democrats will meet at the blair house for a nationally televised health care summit beginning at 10:00 a.m. leaders will discuss four major themes, controlling costs, insurance reforms, cutting the deficit and sxabding health care coverage. treasury secretary timothy geithner meeting with financial industry groups today at 11:00 a.m. new york time and this comes as it's said the obama administration is close to saving a reform bill. reports say geithner met with bankers on wednesday night to discuss the matter. >> toyota closed down 0.2% after staying in positive territory. overnight, the company's president apologized to u.s. congress and millions of toyota drivers over its recent safety issues. and speaking to employees
bernanke will avoid mngzing the timing of a rate hike. he told a house panel on wednesday that rates will continue to remain low for an extended period. this is coming at the same time that president obama will square off with lawmakers today in a last ditch effort to salvage his health care reform plan. republicans and democrats will meet at the blair house for a nationally televised health care summit beginning at 10:00 a.m. leaders will discuss four major themes, controlling costs, insurance...
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ben bernanke suggested we'd be better off if china saved less and we saved more. tonight's commentator is also worried about our largest trading partner. he's leo hindery, managing partner at inter-media partners, and chairman of the u.s. economy smart globalization initiative at the new america foundation. >> america's great recession has turned into china's great opportunity. american companies have cut both their payrolls and their capital spending and have driven business to china at the same time that chinese manufacturers are boosting their global competitiveness through massive subsidies from their central government. in just the last year, chinas share of our nations trade deficit in manufactured goods jumped from 69% to an almost unbelievable 80% today, while its share of u.s. imports overall increased 20%. no responsible american economist disagrees with president obama's assessment that china's currency is significantly undervalued compared to the u.s. dollar. yet currency manipulation is actually just the tip of the chinese trade iceberg. something on
ben bernanke suggested we'd be better off if china saved less and we saved more. tonight's commentator is also worried about our largest trading partner. he's leo hindery, managing partner at inter-media partners, and chairman of the u.s. economy smart globalization initiative at the new america foundation. >> america's great recession has turned into china's great opportunity. american companies have cut both their payrolls and their capital spending and have driven business to china at...
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. >>> ben bernanke has been sworn in for a second term as chairman of the federal reserve. bernanke vowed to preserve the fed's independence, despite a move in congress to tighten control over the central bank. >>> and preparing for a snowy weekend from 1 inch in new york to almost 2 feet in baltimore. meteorologist rob marciano tracking this massive winter storm. what's going on. feast appetizer. [dinner bell chimes] high quality ingredients like wild alaskan salmon in a delicate broth, without by-products or fillers. fancy feast appetizers. celebrate the moment. in the north of england to my new job at the refinery in the south. i'll never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new car today has 95% lower emissions than in 1970. exxonmobil is working to improve cars, liners of tires, plastics which are lighter and advanced hydrogen technologies that could increase fuel efficiency by up to 80%. >[t:p][n:e plastics which are lighter and advanced hydrogen technologies announcer: the smallest moments can have the biggest impact on a child'
. >>> ben bernanke has been sworn in for a second term as chairman of the federal reserve. bernanke vowed to preserve the fed's independence, despite a move in congress to tighten control over the central bank. >>> and preparing for a snowy weekend from 1 inch in new york to almost 2 feet in baltimore. meteorologist rob marciano tracking this massive winter storm. what's going on. feast appetizer. [dinner bell chimes] high quality ingredients like wild alaskan salmon in a...
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lots of questions for bernanke as he discusses the economy in front of congress. larry summers said it's a statistical recovery but a human recession. that pretty much writes off 2010. >> we talk a lot too about residential home foreclosure but we haven't talked much about commercial property foreclosure. >> tick, tick, tick. a lot of people say that's a time bomb. we know the volume of banks preparing for what the commercial real estate problems will likely see later this year and next year. >> let's hope the new normal doesn't last too long. >>> coming up, forced to resign under a cloud of controversy, president obama's former green jobs czar now being honored by the naacp. suzanne malveaux talks about the new controversy that this is bound to create. geico says 15 minutes could save you money. but it takes less than 15 seconds to tell you this. drivers who switched from geico to allstate... saved an average of $473 a year. time to switch to allstate. ♪ and you have a heart attack. that's what happened to me. they said the quick thinking of chewing an aspirin
lots of questions for bernanke as he discusses the economy in front of congress. larry summers said it's a statistical recovery but a human recession. that pretty much writes off 2010. >> we talk a lot too about residential home foreclosure but we haven't talked much about commercial property foreclosure. >> tick, tick, tick. a lot of people say that's a time bomb. we know the volume of banks preparing for what the commercial real estate problems will likely see later this year and...
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bernanke. >> no. he was appointed by bush. i'm not a fan of bush. if you want to compare it, obama's worse, but neither was good. >> michael, let me ask you this. >> clinton was spectacular. >> let me ask you this question. we need capital, jobs and labour d day. do you agree? >> i do. >> why raise the tax rates on capital which is what you are doing with top end investors and workers? why not promote more capital to promote more labor? i would lower the payroll tax rate or the 28% rate and maybe the 15% income tax. in other words, isn't this a moment when we want the liquidity to stay in the private sector and all the incentives for growth we can get? >> larry, we need to bring down the deficit. you agree with that, we all agree. the long-term deficits which are not driven by a major spending growth under president obama. they are driven by long-term trends -- >> mr. obama hasn't raised spending? >> most of the new spending that happened in 2009 happened under president bush. >> did i miss the $850 billion stimulus -- >> it was -- larry, it was $80
bernanke. >> no. he was appointed by bush. i'm not a fan of bush. if you want to compare it, obama's worse, but neither was good. >> michael, let me ask you this. >> clinton was spectacular. >> let me ask you this question. we need capital, jobs and labour d day. do you agree? >> i do. >> why raise the tax rates on capital which is what you are doing with top end investors and workers? why not promote more capital to promote more labor? i would lower the...
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bernanke's testimony gave wall street a boost yesterday. the dow finished up 91 points closing at 10,374. the nasdaq gained 22 points to close at 2235. >>> chrysler is voluntarily recalling more than 350,000 minivans because of problems with crash sensors that control the air bags. the company says it will replace the sensors in 2005 and 2006 town and country and dodge caravans. but chrysler says it should wait until june to contact dealers because it needs time to distribute the replacement parts. >>> it appears to be the end for hummer. gm says it will shut down the brand, unless a last-minute buyer emerges. hummer employs about 3,000 people in the u.s. >>> as you know "avatar" helped 3-d go mainstream. now, moviegoers are bracing for a flood of these films. movie chains will cover the cost of converting nearly half of the nation's screens to 3-d technology. three 3-d movies are due out in just the next two months. >> soon, we'll have our own specialized glasses we take to the theaters. >> have to start investing in those. >>> coming up n
bernanke's testimony gave wall street a boost yesterday. the dow finished up 91 points closing at 10,374. the nasdaq gained 22 points to close at 2235. >>> chrysler is voluntarily recalling more than 350,000 minivans because of problems with crash sensors that control the air bags. the company says it will replace the sensors in 2005 and 2006 town and country and dodge caravans. but chrysler says it should wait until june to contact dealers because it needs time to distribute the...
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fast enough in order to stimulate the economy in order to create sustainable growth which obama and bernanke are doing. >> so, jeanne, why is this package viewed so negatively by so many in the country one year later? >> well, i think that the democrats didn't necessarily sell it as it was, you know, throughout the year. they went off and did health care and then came back to jobs. you know, 2 million people may have been helped by it. but another 8 million lost their jobs. so, more people are feeling pain than benefit. and so as a result, i think most people don't -- don't appreciate or really understood that, you know, it was a limited package. people thought it should have been bigger. it helped, but it didn't resolve the economic crisis we were in. >> wow. ryan, what's your view on that? why do you believe so many people have such a negative view of the package? >> i have to agree. we didn't sell it right. we didn't push it out there enough to really get people to understand the necessity. >> why do you have to sell something that seems on the surface to make sense? seems to make common
fast enough in order to stimulate the economy in order to create sustainable growth which obama and bernanke are doing. >> so, jeanne, why is this package viewed so negatively by so many in the country one year later? >> well, i think that the democrats didn't necessarily sell it as it was, you know, throughout the year. they went off and did health care and then came back to jobs. you know, 2 million people may have been helped by it. but another 8 million lost their jobs. so, more...
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there is a lot of anger and it almost cost bernanke getting reappointed. he came bearing gifts saying i will work with you, congress, on find ways of better disclosures from companies benefitting from the special lending programs--. >> warner: which he has resisted. >> he said aye find ways to do more auditing and review of what the fed does as long as you wall off monetary funding. >> warner: as you said, of course, harry reid, as we said in the setup, he is promising more. now, what are the prospects for getting additional bipartisan votes? did you have, i think, 13 republican s voting for the one today. getting additional bipartisan votes on some of the other job-stimulating measures reid would like to push through? >> i think it depends what they push with. i think reid is trying to put republicans on the spot over and over this year saying we want to pass something, we want a bipartisan vote, but you, republican senators, have to go back to your state why the unemployment rate is extremely high. i know you won't like this, but i'm going to dare you to
there is a lot of anger and it almost cost bernanke getting reappointed. he came bearing gifts saying i will work with you, congress, on find ways of better disclosures from companies benefitting from the special lending programs--. >> warner: which he has resisted. >> he said aye find ways to do more auditing and review of what the fed does as long as you wall off monetary funding. >> warner: as you said, of course, harry reid, as we said in the setup, he is promising more....
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also on the hill, fed chief ben bernanke saying that the congress action has helped to jump start the economic recovery, but he worries about the unemployment rate which is near 10%. >>> in vancouver, an emotional moment on ice. joannie rochette took third place in the short program after in the sudden death of her 55-year-old mother on sunday. she will battle for gold in the free skate final tomorrow. >>> i want to tell you what is going on with weather. we have a blizzard moving in the next 48 hours. we have pictures across the country and you have -- can we pull these up, michael? put them on the screen? okay. the one on the left is washington, d.c., and that is the white house and central park, the view from time warner center where cnn is. the only snowflakes you can see are in the animation behind it. it is looking good and calm, bhau but it is going to change. let's look at texas. if you are in west texas, wow, five inches of snow. i have to say that the texans are getting used to this and they have reason to buy a lot of snow shovels this year and they have use of them. that b
also on the hill, fed chief ben bernanke saying that the congress action has helped to jump start the economic recovery, but he worries about the unemployment rate which is near 10%. >>> in vancouver, an emotional moment on ice. joannie rochette took third place in the short program after in the sudden death of her 55-year-old mother on sunday. she will battle for gold in the free skate final tomorrow. >>> i want to tell you what is going on with weather. we have a blizzard...
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>> i'm going to be talking about bernanke. . i think becky's selling it short saying it's a repeat performance. i like yours better. >> how am i selling this short? >> i don't i think it's a repeat in that it's the same thing. >> you think he's going to make news and say something different? >> it's a little different. he heads into day two of the testimony today. it's the sem any annual testimony to congress. he delivered a clear message on rates yesterday. they will stay low for several months. overlooked in that testimony yesterday, and sure to get more attention today, beck y was fed chairman's pitch to keep the fed as a major banking regulator. the senate is considering stripping those powers as part of a broader overhaul of the banking powers now in the state. >> the crisis has once again done straighted the federal reserve's ability to identify and address diverse and hard to predict threats to financial stability, depends critically on the information, expertise and powers that it has by virtue of being both a bank super
>> i'm going to be talking about bernanke. . i think becky's selling it short saying it's a repeat performance. i like yours better. >> how am i selling this short? >> i don't i think it's a repeat in that it's the same thing. >> you think he's going to make news and say something different? >> it's a little different. he heads into day two of the testimony today. it's the sem any annual testimony to congress. he delivered a clear message on rates yesterday. they...
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in general terms first, what exactly is chairman bernanke promising to look into? >> this has for the better part of the decade been the great big unknown, this world of derivatives which are largely unregulated secondary investment vehicles. they're almost train of thought. it's whatever an investment bank can come up with. we saw the derivative situation blow up with respect to a.i.g. where there was an oversight and now the concern not only here in the united states and in greece but in the rest of the world and in the capital markets is that the banks in parallel practice this with governments to help them duke the debts. >> brown: go back a few years to 2000, 2001. the first issue is whether and how these banks and financial institutions greece mask its true problems. how did they do that. >> greece in 2000, 2001, very much wants to become a euro member and to do that it has to be able to show its financial stability and a certain measure of austerity, it has to have, for example, a budget gap that is no more than whatever percentage limit was back then if it
in general terms first, what exactly is chairman bernanke promising to look into? >> this has for the better part of the decade been the great big unknown, this world of derivatives which are largely unregulated secondary investment vehicles. they're almost train of thought. it's whatever an investment bank can come up with. we saw the derivative situation blow up with respect to a.i.g. where there was an oversight and now the concern not only here in the united states and in greece but...
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>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is concerned about the nation's economic recovery. during the ceremonial swearing in for his second term, bernanke told staffers that despite a growing economy, far too many people remain unemployed. he also talked about the challenges facing the fed, which include protecting its independence from congress and making the institution more open and accountable. >>> president obama's aunt is preparing to make her second bid for political asylum. she'll go before an immigration judge if boston after defying a deportation order in 2004. she's expected to argue that ties to the president could make her a political target if she returns to kenya. her status was revealed shortly before president obama was elected in 2008. >>> and while many of you are gearing up for this sunday's super bowl, some in the nfl are worried that the game's days could be numbered. the players association fears owners will impose a work stoppage after the current collective bargaining agreement expires and they're taking their caught to capitol hill. the league says
>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is concerned about the nation's economic recovery. during the ceremonial swearing in for his second term, bernanke told staffers that despite a growing economy, far too many people remain unemployed. he also talked about the challenges facing the fed, which include protecting its independence from congress and making the institution more open and accountable. >>> president obama's aunt is preparing to make her second bid for political...
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we have four people in the operating room that we were very fortunate as a country we had hey, ben bernanke, tim geithner and sheila bair at head of the fdic. i know a lot of people in finance and business and government. i cannot think of four people who would have done a better job to get us through that. it is fashionable to look back and look at one little aspect of what was happening our country's financial system froze up during that period. some of you were at a party i was at september 2008 when the talk of what are the money market funds save? when you have 3.5 trillion of funds held by 30 million people who on a sunday night worry about whether they can get their money, that was half of all deposits. you have a panic. you have commercial paper frees up entirely and some of the biggest companies in the united states that are described, worried if they would be payrolls in a short period of time. the six largest bank in the country with domestic deposits washington mutual and the third largest bank, wachovia, needed of shock on a monday morning to survive. most interesting, but this
we have four people in the operating room that we were very fortunate as a country we had hey, ben bernanke, tim geithner and sheila bair at head of the fdic. i know a lot of people in finance and business and government. i cannot think of four people who would have done a better job to get us through that. it is fashionable to look back and look at one little aspect of what was happening our country's financial system froze up during that period. some of you were at a party i was at september...
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democrats in congress pulled back government supports, and if the government pulls back too fast, if bernanke pulls back too fast or if the executive congressional branches pull back too fast, there is a question whether it would worsen things, i think that's legitimate. what i do believe you can put into place trigger mechanisms on medicare reforms, on medicaid reforms, on social security reforms, so that these things are in law and they're not just sort in imagination. it's hard, as you know, nor invei for investors to have much confidence in the future of the nation's finances when there's nothing and it's just talk and we're just continuing to talk. >> on that very point, there was a new report on rising life expectancy, which is a great thing, a great triumph of human medicine, but, you know, why don't we talk about raising the retirement age for medicare and social security gradually over the next 20, 30 years. it would save a lot of money. >> that's going to be a big discussion that we'll be having on this show very regularly, and we'll call on both of you to do it again, david gergen,
democrats in congress pulled back government supports, and if the government pulls back too fast, if bernanke pulls back too fast or if the executive congressional branches pull back too fast, there is a question whether it would worsen things, i think that's legitimate. what i do believe you can put into place trigger mechanisms on medicare reforms, on medicaid reforms, on social security reforms, so that these things are in law and they're not just sort in imagination. it's hard, as you know,...
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a lot of people are looking at what's going on down at the capitol starting off with fed chief ben bernanke scheduled to testify before a house committee today. but this was all about unwinding the fed's $2.2 trillion emergency liquidity programs. the hearing has been postponed but his prepared testimony will be released at the top of the hour. several economic reports also being delayed today. on wall street expect light trading volume as folks focus more on the snow and less on stocks. despite all that, the dow is expected to continue to rise after yesterday's 150-point gain. investors are hopeful thedisney network rebounded but the theme parks continue to struggle. same for the movie studios. >>> google launching a new social networking service called the google buzz. it will allow users to post photos and links to their websites. yahoo! an microsoft claim they've been running similar services for years. >>> early numbers here, looks like we're down but just ever so barely. off 12 points. 10,046. still above 10,000. nasdaq off fractionally at this time as well. >>> finally, one more note
a lot of people are looking at what's going on down at the capitol starting off with fed chief ben bernanke scheduled to testify before a house committee today. but this was all about unwinding the fed's $2.2 trillion emergency liquidity programs. the hearing has been postponed but his prepared testimony will be released at the top of the hour. several economic reports also being delayed today. on wall street expect light trading volume as folks focus more on the snow and less on stocks....
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that means ben bernanke, you guys were the dentists. how does that make you feel the thing that everyone hates sts thing you had to do. >> i felt like i was having a root canal without anesthesia at the same time. there's a scene in my book "on the brink." and this was a day or two before we were going to need to step in and rescue citigroup. what really hit me was that i was forever going to be associated with these bailouts and the treasury secretary that did these interventions. then i said, that will be the good news. the bad news will be if we can't cobble together something that works for citigroup and it goes down, i'll be one who presides over another great depression. >> remember it was fanny and fred die and city citigroup and a whole host of other banks, ways to try to fix this without public intervention. he talks about the realization he was going to be forever knowns the guy behind the bailouts and how shocking it was. it came to him walking through the reagan library working through the citigroup stuff, the temple of free
that means ben bernanke, you guys were the dentists. how does that make you feel the thing that everyone hates sts thing you had to do. >> i felt like i was having a root canal without anesthesia at the same time. there's a scene in my book "on the brink." and this was a day or two before we were going to need to step in and rescue citigroup. what really hit me was that i was forever going to be associated with these bailouts and the treasury secretary that did these...
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where did you look back and say "that was the wrong call, by me, geithner, bernanke"? >> charlie i've thought about this a lot and i'm going to give you a number of mistakes i think i was involved in making. but the in 20/20 hindsight, the major decisions we made, i'm totally convinced, were the right calls and they were made in the face of unprecedented challenges with really imperfect tools without the authorities we needed in the middle of a very challenging political period with an election coming. and the reason i they is they worked and they prevented the collapse. so most of what is cited as mistakes were really things we had no control over. for instance, i would like to have seen the a.i.g. problem coming earlier. but there was no regulator that had responsibility for the whole institution and we just didn't have a clear line of sight and we didn't... we didn't have the information. i do not want to have lehman fail. i knew that would be a bad thing and we worked very hard to prevent it. but we didn't he the authorities to prevent the failure of he plan. ... l
where did you look back and say "that was the wrong call, by me, geithner, bernanke"? >> charlie i've thought about this a lot and i'm going to give you a number of mistakes i think i was involved in making. but the in 20/20 hindsight, the major decisions we made, i'm totally convinced, were the right calls and they were made in the face of unprecedented challenges with really imperfect tools without the authorities we needed in the middle of a very challenging political period...
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we have ben bernanke. we have tim geithner, and we had sheila bair, the head of the fdic. and i know a lot people in finance. i know a lot of people in business. i know a lot of people in government. and i can't think of four that would have done a better job of getting us through that. now it's kind of fashionable now to look back and pick out one little aspect or another of what was happening then, but our country's financial system froze up during that period. some of you in this room were at a party i was at in september of 2008 when the talk was, are our money market funds safe? now, when you have 3.5 or more trillion of funds held by 30 million people, who on a sunday night are worrying about whether they can get their money, that money was half of all the deposits held by u.s. banks at the time. you have a panic. you had commercial paper freeze up entirely, and you had some of the biggest companies in the united states, and some of them are described in this book, to worry about whether they're going to meet their payrolls in a short bit of time. you had the sixth l
we have ben bernanke. we have tim geithner, and we had sheila bair, the head of the fdic. and i know a lot people in finance. i know a lot of people in business. i know a lot of people in government. and i can't think of four that would have done a better job of getting us through that. now it's kind of fashionable now to look back and pick out one little aspect or another of what was happening then, but our country's financial system froze up during that period. some of you in this room were...
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bernanke's going to stay liquid, he's going to stay accomodated for a good long time and that's a mixed message. the fed's really not going to tighten, not going to make things difficult for us and then again the credit and the economy still needs a little bit support. we kind of grind out 2010, i think that we end up higher on the year but it's going to be a tough road down. >> so, do we end higher overall, you say? >> i think so in the u.s. >> substantially higher? >> i think high single digits will probably be a reasonable expectations. >> and what would be the way given the various factors in china importantly, what is the way to play that? is that a cyclical recovery or something else. >> i think part of it will be cyclical recovery. i think that you want to step into a very global modest story right now. i think that china will continue to grow significantly, i was there last week for nine days, and you cannot have words to describe the frenetic pace. >> what would you take in industrials now. >> i think so, kind of lean forward, into industrials, play that global growth story. i
bernanke's going to stay liquid, he's going to stay accomodated for a good long time and that's a mixed message. the fed's really not going to tighten, not going to make things difficult for us and then again the credit and the economy still needs a little bit support. we kind of grind out 2010, i think that we end up higher on the year but it's going to be a tough road down. >> so, do we end higher overall, you say? >> i think so in the u.s. >> substantially higher? >>...
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we had hank, ben bernanke tim geithner and sheila bair the head of the fdic. i know a lot of people in finance and a lot of people in business and government. and i can't think of for that would have done a better job of getting us through that. now it's kind of fashionable to look back and pick at one aspect or another of what was happening and our country's financial system froze up during that period. some of you in this room were at a party i was at in september of 2008, one to talk was the money market funds saved. if we have 3.5 trillion fun missile by 30 million people who on is and they might are worrying about whether they can get their money that was half of all the process held by u.s. banks at the time you have a panic. you had commercial paper frees up entirely in the biggest companies of the united states and some are described in this book that worried whether they were going to meet their payroll and a short period of time to read the sixth largest bank in the country in terms of the domestic deposits, washington mutual failed over a weekend. y
we had hank, ben bernanke tim geithner and sheila bair the head of the fdic. i know a lot of people in finance and a lot of people in business and government. and i can't think of for that would have done a better job of getting us through that. now it's kind of fashionable to look back and pick at one aspect or another of what was happening and our country's financial system froze up during that period. some of you in this room were at a party i was at in september of 2008, one to talk was the...
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a lot of the economists at that time during the tail end of the bush administration, including ben bernanke who was named by bush the federal reserve chairman, henry paulson, the treasury secretary. they said if they didn't do this bailout, the abyss would've happened and it wouldn't have been a recession, it would have been a depression. >> well, you know, a lot of people did offer that chicken little scenario. and equally other economists and people in the real banking world, for example, a communication i received from the president of bb & t asking the 435 members of the house and the 100 members of the senate not to vote in favor of the bailout because the money would not end up being used by banks to be loaned to consumers and you would have banks under the thumb of greater government control. and, indeed, though i don't like to use hank bolson as a source, he made it very clear that while mccain in the end supported it, when john suspended his campaign to go back to washington, and voters thought he's going to make a stand for us. john, instead of being the tell it like it is straigh
a lot of the economists at that time during the tail end of the bush administration, including ben bernanke who was named by bush the federal reserve chairman, henry paulson, the treasury secretary. they said if they didn't do this bailout, the abyss would've happened and it wouldn't have been a recession, it would have been a depression. >> well, you know, a lot of people did offer that chicken little scenario. and equally other economists and people in the real banking world, for...
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, i don't know why we reappointed bernanke. in terms of the entitlement programs, yeah we have a public pension program, which is hugely popular. you look at polling day that-- i was at a conference this morning in social security is over 90%. they ask people would you be willing to pay higher taxes to sustain sosa security benefits and 70 to 80% said yes. i don't see any problem with running a pension program through the public sector. what is the problem with the? it is usually popular. health care costs, medicare again. we are providing medicare health care benefits for seniors. that is also hugely popular. you have these tea party people out there yelling don't let the government touch medicare. they are anti-government but they want medicare. medicare is a government program. these are success stories. our health care costs are out of line in such as security has not been rising in its share of the budget and it will in the near future is baby boomers are retiring and getting benefits. in fact it actually fell a few years
, i don't know why we reappointed bernanke. in terms of the entitlement programs, yeah we have a public pension program, which is hugely popular. you look at polling day that-- i was at a conference this morning in social security is over 90%. they ask people would you be willing to pay higher taxes to sustain sosa security benefits and 70 to 80% said yes. i don't see any problem with running a pension program through the public sector. what is the problem with the? it is usually popular....
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chairman ben bernanke outlined the effort in written testimony for a congressional committee. bernanke said the economy still needs an easy money policy for now, but he added: "at some point the federal reserve will need to tighten financial conditions." the talk of higher rates kept wall street at bay. the dow jones industrial average lost 20 points to close at 10,038. the nasdaq fell three points to close below 2,148. thousands of workers in greece staged a national strike today, protesting a government plan to freeze salaries and cut bonuses. the 24-hour strike closed schools, and brought air travel to a halt. we have a report from john sparks of independent television news. >> reporter: it's easy to say, the 24-hour strike closed greece filed a test case for other indebted states. its huge socialist government plans been cuts. for many here on the streets of athens today it is not acceptable. "the capitalist government has declared war on the working classes. we will respond with war-like measures," said this mp. the government wants to raise the retirement age by two year
chairman ben bernanke outlined the effort in written testimony for a congressional committee. bernanke said the economy still needs an easy money policy for now, but he added: "at some point the federal reserve will need to tighten financial conditions." the talk of higher rates kept wall street at bay. the dow jones industrial average lost 20 points to close at 10,038. the nasdaq fell three points to close below 2,148. thousands of workers in greece staged a national strike today,...
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bernanke, again. as our financial markets begin to show signs of improvement, many of the fed's temporary many facilities have been allowed to expire and monetary policy has begun to normalize. and while use of the temporary lending facilities wayne expanded purchases by the fed a federal agency debt mortgage-backed securities and the longer-term treasuries of security staff kept the size other than to balance sheet unusually large. as of last week, it's my understanding that the banks had over 1.2 trillion in reserve balances and federal reserve banks. that is more than 100 times the average level of such balances in 2006. this morning i am interested in hearing, mr. chairman, plans for reducing the size of the fed's balance sheet, with run a story liquidity support from the banking system, and continuing the normalization of monetary policy. in addition, i believe, mr. chairman, you should tell us how the fed plans to use interest on reserves as a monetary policy and how you intend to use repurchase
bernanke, again. as our financial markets begin to show signs of improvement, many of the fed's temporary many facilities have been allowed to expire and monetary policy has begun to normalize. and while use of the temporary lending facilities wayne expanded purchases by the fed a federal agency debt mortgage-backed securities and the longer-term treasuries of security staff kept the size other than to balance sheet unusually large. as of last week, it's my understanding that the banks had over...
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, i don't know why we reappointed bernanke. in terms of the entitlement programs, yeah we have a public pension program, which is hugely popular. you look at polling day that-- i was at a conference this morning in social security is over 90%. they ask people would you be willing to pay higher taxes to sustain sosa security benefits and 70 to 80% said yes. i don't see any problem with running a pension program through the public sector. what is the problem with the? it is usually popular. health care costs, medicare again. we are providing medicare health care benefits for seniors. that is also hugely popular. you have these tea party people out there yelling don't let the government touch medicare. they are anti-government but they want medicare. medicare is a government program. these are success stories. our health care costs are out of line in such as security has not been rising in its share of the budget and it will in the near future is baby boomers are retiring and getting benefits. in fact it actually fell a few years
, i don't know why we reappointed bernanke. in terms of the entitlement programs, yeah we have a public pension program, which is hugely popular. you look at polling day that-- i was at a conference this morning in social security is over 90%. they ask people would you be willing to pay higher taxes to sustain sosa security benefits and 70 to 80% said yes. i don't see any problem with running a pension program through the public sector. what is the problem with the? it is usually popular....
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. >> my name is bernanke. i almost feel that i asked for the microphone too soon begin issue answered the biggest concern that i have to rethink what happened in massachusetts needs to register with the republicans because they did not win this. the independents won it. i am from massachusetts originally and i know what drives that state and certainly is not republican policies. [laughter] i think it was a wonderful thing that happened and you put your finger on something come with the people in this country have said they're not happy with the democrats or republicans and if the republicans behave like the past the recent election means nothing prepare reading the "wall street journal" a few days ago there was an article that talked-about how the american people were disgusted with politics and the message i got out of that article said the republican party has an opportunity to rally around a central theme of term limits to get those people with professional politicians not interested in what happens to us t
. >> my name is bernanke. i almost feel that i asked for the microphone too soon begin issue answered the biggest concern that i have to rethink what happened in massachusetts needs to register with the republicans because they did not win this. the independents won it. i am from massachusetts originally and i know what drives that state and certainly is not republican policies. [laughter] i think it was a wonderful thing that happened and you put your finger on something come with the...
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chairman bernanke, i think chairman frank mentioned the deficit in passing and the debt. that is what i want to ask you about. that is the elephant in the room. we have reduced our debt is going to double in the next five years, a triple in the next 10 years. it is fueled by historic deficits. i heard this morning on television that we have many cases across the united states and children and adults that are walking out on thin ice. they walked out day after day and they get some comfort and nothing happens. the thin ice is dangers. i submit that this type of budget half is a dangerous. i would ask you -- i do not believe that our present budget passed is sustainable. my first question, it is our budget path sustainable? secondly, is there a need for the congress to come up with a concrete plan to change p that the toath? do you believe there is urgency in that? >> you asked about sustainability. you are talking of the medium term charge of a deficit that remains after the economy has returned to normal levels of activity. estimates of the sexual deficit range from 4% up
chairman bernanke, i think chairman frank mentioned the deficit in passing and the debt. that is what i want to ask you about. that is the elephant in the room. we have reduced our debt is going to double in the next five years, a triple in the next 10 years. it is fueled by historic deficits. i heard this morning on television that we have many cases across the united states and children and adults that are walking out on thin ice. they walked out day after day and they get some comfort and...
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bernanke wÑiith his loose money policy. one question i like to ask, does the fed realize çóthe terribly destructive impact that you had on -- on savers and frugal people in this coaintry by reducing theirÑi interest incom to below, really, real negative interest rates while the crank ud sters that created the problem are being rewarded? >> and i understand the from us -- your from ustation and i do think that -- onsj of the issu that i have dÑiealt with is howe bring interest rates back to -- to a more long-term sustainable %uá)qr)Ñi extreme lilo, obv]iously, unsu)wtÑtainable le a.m. -- aÑind there are some disagreements, that's one thing about a commit phi liket( the on market committee where you can have differing views and do i share a different view. i think we should be -- going back to a more normal level sooner rare than later and as i said in my public speeches and i think i'máqsóot, my concern is that -- in terms of, the last time i voted iÑi dissçóented on usage of the word extended period. in a posi
bernanke wÑiith his loose money policy. one question i like to ask, does the fed realize çóthe terribly destructive impact that you had on -- on savers and frugal people in this coaintry by reducing theirÑi interest incom to below, really, real negative interest rates while the crank ud sters that created the problem are being rewarded? >> and i understand the from us -- your from ustation and i do think that -- onsj of the issu that i have dÑiealt with is howe bring interest rates...
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bernanke, and new york feds decided to give additional funds to aig. some of which we used to pay the counterparties to the contracts; right? >> yes, in november, in the t.a.r.p., we made a $40 billion capital investments, and then the fed put some additional money into which was used up for the contracts. >> just so we are clear, when we were giving credit here, the t.a.r.p., the $700 billion in t.a.r.p. was during your term as secretary of the treasury. >> implode of that, sir. >> that was your ideaing the t.a.r.p.? >> it was a number of ideas. it was something i'm proud of and it was necessary. >> and the $85 billion that was loined -- loaned to aig was not done through congress? >> no, that was a decision taken by the fed. >> what source did they use? >> they used their funds. >> and their funds, they emanate from where? >> from the u.s. government. >> where they fees from other banks, they come from your treasury, where? >> they come from fed obviously can print money. >> did they take money that they had from fees charged to number bank or print
bernanke, and new york feds decided to give additional funds to aig. some of which we used to pay the counterparties to the contracts; right? >> yes, in november, in the t.a.r.p., we made a $40 billion capital investments, and then the fed put some additional money into which was used up for the contracts. >> just so we are clear, when we were giving credit here, the t.a.r.p., the $700 billion in t.a.r.p. was during your term as secretary of the treasury. >> implode of that,...
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. >>> in another shift boost the economy ben bernanke told congress that record low interest rates are stillness. they said they will keep their key interest rate to near zero for what he called an extended period. it has been between zero and 2.5%. at some point the fed will have to tighten credit but he did not give a timeline. >>> another move on the hill to help the financial recovery. the jobs bill that will give tax money to employers to hire unemployed workers, they green lighted a more expensive measure, but the bill was some businesses who hired the unemployed from paying payroll tax for the rest of the year and gives them a $1,000 credit. >>> there are some good numbers to pass along. the federal government projects a number of industries will lose jobs in 2018 even after the economy picks up. department stores expected to lose the most, 10% of the 1.5 million positions compared to 2008. semi conductor manufacturing will lose 34% of the 432,000 positions and motor vehicle manufacturing could see an 18% trop from it's 535,000 positions. >>> martinez will begin recognizing same
. >>> in another shift boost the economy ben bernanke told congress that record low interest rates are stillness. they said they will keep their key interest rate to near zero for what he called an extended period. it has been between zero and 2.5%. at some point the fed will have to tighten credit but he did not give a timeline. >>> another move on the hill to help the financial recovery. the jobs bill that will give tax money to employers to hire unemployed workers, they...
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today, ben bernanke began his second term as chair of the u.s. federal reserve. ceremonial swearing in was held earlier in washington. glen b glenn beck returns in a moment but first, bret baier previewing "special report". >> bret: what really came out of the white house briefing over how the christmas day bomber was handled? and what is the national intelligence director saying about the process now? join me in 27 minutes for special report. now back to glenn beck. >> glenn: you know, i'm so tired of the so-called experts, because they haven't gotten on all of this. they're scoffing now at the idea that china is the next superpower. i think it's already happened. we better wake up. i trust the regular americans more than the so-called experts. your agenda is america. what is their agenda? i can't figure it out sometimes. 44% of americans now believe china is the leading economic power. what do the people know that the experts refuse to address? maybe experts don't know how to read. it just read the chinese government is cutting back on imports. i saw that and i
today, ben bernanke began his second term as chair of the u.s. federal reserve. ceremonial swearing in was held earlier in washington. glen b glenn beck returns in a moment but first, bret baier previewing "special report". >> bret: what really came out of the white house briefing over how the christmas day bomber was handled? and what is the national intelligence director saying about the process now? join me in 27 minutes for special report. now back to glenn beck. >>...
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i knew when we went as seeing in the book we talk about where bin bernanke and i told congress we're going to need these authorities, and the difficulty we had at that time was as more and said better than i could. the arteries of the financial system were freezing up, and so i knew with certainty that business was going to turn down because when you have companies it is uncertain whether they will appeal to raise short-term funding. most of the cfo's are going to go to the ceo and say i may not be able to have all of the funding he would like for the next 30 days so what does a prudent company do? they start cutting back but the congress had an seen this yet so they hadn't seen it in their district so i knew with certainty it was going to get worse. i'm not sure i knew it was calling to be 10% on an employment but i knew we was going to be bad. so then, and i knew if they didn't do something in the collapsed, then the businesses wouldn't be able to find themselves, wouldn't be able to pay for the inventories and pay the supply years and would let employees the and the would ripple t
i knew when we went as seeing in the book we talk about where bin bernanke and i told congress we're going to need these authorities, and the difficulty we had at that time was as more and said better than i could. the arteries of the financial system were freezing up, and so i knew with certainty that business was going to turn down because when you have companies it is uncertain whether they will appeal to raise short-term funding. most of the cfo's are going to go to the ceo and say i may...
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idea that once they come that they are going to come back into a government position and i know ben bernanke and hank paulson are well-known for this. could you talk a little bit about that in any ideas on how that could be stopped through laws or voter action or anything? >> i'm glad you reminded me about the revolving door. i see this happening. i see my friends do this. they dress like me when they are working on capitol hill and i see them two years later and they have really nice suits with a french cuff and offer to buy lunch. the left the capitol to up working for congress and a lobbying firm hired them because they knew that when the friend then calls his old underling on capitol hill to say hey i just want to talk to you about the farm bill, that his old boss or his old bosses colleagues are going to take the call and that is the revolving door. barack obama's said literally, i'm going to stop the revolving door. is white house chief of staff, rahm emanuel-- there is not, as the word for rahm emanuel because welby was working on the campaign is a chief fund-raiser he was getting pai
idea that once they come that they are going to come back into a government position and i know ben bernanke and hank paulson are well-known for this. could you talk a little bit about that in any ideas on how that could be stopped through laws or voter action or anything? >> i'm glad you reminded me about the revolving door. i see this happening. i see my friends do this. they dress like me when they are working on capitol hill and i see them two years later and they have really nice...
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we have word that ben bernanke is set to testify. >> i'm sue herera. there are some bright spots. travelers, at&t, walmart and dupont are among the dow's 30 winners. >> ppl beat the street. the ceo will join us first on cnbc. tyson foods smashing analysts' estimates. ate na pushing higher. we should get to the market. >> i'm dennis neil. let's get straight to this market action. let's go to bob pisani. >> here's a couple of headlines here. stocks close in europe at 1130, the stock market droops here. the second time in a row. guys in europe are getting concerned. they want to lighten up. second thing that happened that's important here, is dollarle rallied at the exact same moment we had yesterday. of course, what happens when that happens? it puts pressure on commodities and puts pressure on commodity stocks. all the big names in energy and the material groups on the weak side. and sharon, we saw a heck of a lot of contracts traded in oil in the last hour and a half. >> that's right. over 400,000 contracts traded today, bob, and this is the second straight day of massive contract
we have word that ben bernanke is set to testify. >> i'm sue herera. there are some bright spots. travelers, at&t, walmart and dupont are among the dow's 30 winners. >> ppl beat the street. the ceo will join us first on cnbc. tyson foods smashing analysts' estimates. ate na pushing higher. we should get to the market. >> i'm dennis neil. let's get straight to this market action. let's go to bob pisani. >> here's a couple of headlines here. stocks close in europe at...
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by then treasury secretary hank paulson and ben bernanke. t.a.r.p. was supposed to be used to counter the mortgage crisis, not to bail out the big banks. do you believe mccain was misled? >> no, i don't, monica. the night before on nbc nightly news, you may remember john yang had a record that feerchbd john mccain saying because of his experience, he was best equipped to rhett republic arizona. now, in western inventory knack ewe lar, this ain't john's first rodeo. when he suspended his campaign to go back to washington to sit face-to-face with those decisionmakers, now a couple years later, he's telling us he was misled? i have to tell you, this is isn't revision of history. that sounds more like john kerry in 2004 than the john mccain i used to work with. >> and the mccain camp is attacking your spending record. they have a radio ad saying you talk like a conservative, but you spend like a liberal. they're citing your vote for the bridge to nowhere. you supported the 2003 medicare prescription drug benefit. what do you think of those ads? what do y
by then treasury secretary hank paulson and ben bernanke. t.a.r.p. was supposed to be used to counter the mortgage crisis, not to bail out the big banks. do you believe mccain was misled? >> no, i don't, monica. the night before on nbc nightly news, you may remember john yang had a record that feerchbd john mccain saying because of his experience, he was best equipped to rhett republic arizona. now, in western inventory knack ewe lar, this ain't john's first rodeo. when he suspended his...
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copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up on c-span, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testifies on capitol hill. president obama discusses his economic policies at a meeting with the u.s. business roundtable. and toyota executives testify at a hearing about their company's recalls. on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will preview health care summit with members of congress, including michael burgess of texas, diana degette, james clyburn, and bill cassidy. james clyburn -- julie rovner as well. >> live on thursday, day-long coverage of the health care summit. live from blair house, it will also include your reactions on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> now, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. he told congress that the federal reserve will maintain low interest rates to help preserve the economy. this is about an hour. >> chairman frank, ranking member baucus, and other members of the committee, i am pleased to present the federal reserve's semiannual monetary policy report to the congress. i will begin with outlook -- comments on the outlook of the economy and for
copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up on c-span, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testifies on capitol hill. president obama discusses his economic policies at a meeting with the u.s. business roundtable. and toyota executives testify at a hearing about their company's recalls. on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will preview health care summit with members of congress, including michael burgess of texas, diana degette, james clyburn, and bill...
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bernanke and his loose money policy. but the question i would like to ask, does the fed relies the terribly destructive impact you have had on sabrevers in this country by reducing interest rates, waliñrfraudsters in this country are being rewarded? guest: i understand your frustration and one thing we're looking at is how to bring interest rates back to a long- term sustainable level from the extremely low levels. and there are differing views. i do share a different view. i think we should go back to a more normal level sooner rather than later, as i've said in my public speeches. and i think -- you know, my concern is in terms of the last time i voted, i voted on the usage of the word "extended period" because i think the economy will continue to improve modestly. we will be ableÑiçto move back o more normal rates sooner rather than later. and i do not consider necessarily our interest to ensure the markets that rates will yield play because that has the effect that also invites and sometimes excite speculative act
bernanke and his loose money policy. but the question i would like to ask, does the fed relies the terribly destructive impact you have had on sabrevers in this country by reducing interest rates, waliñrfraudsters in this country are being rewarded? guest: i understand your frustration and one thing we're looking at is how to bring interest rates back to a long- term sustainable level from the extremely low levels. and there are differing views. i do share a different view. i think we should...
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. >> thank you and welcome chairman bernanke. Ñi i'm interested in the suggestion made recently about curtailing some of the investment banking risks they are taking. he brings up an important subject and touches on it. it's bigger than what he has addressed. when we repealed against ñrthis i also believe there's been a moral has order caused by a fra decision of a line of credit given to freddie mac. the concept still persists that it is too big to fail. nobody is going to walk away. there's this dpar untea that the government will be there to bail out anybody that looks like is going to shake it up. it doesn't matter the bad debt and burden on the american taxpayer. it is still there. creating a tremendous moral hazard. the real problem over the decades has been the perception put into the markets pretending there is a saveings ore actually capital out there. this is the moral hazard because they believe something that is not true. we see the disintegration of the system we have already created. we have already been in a fina
. >> thank you and welcome chairman bernanke. Ñi i'm interested in the suggestion made recently about curtailing some of the investment banking risks they are taking. he brings up an important subject and touches on it. it's bigger than what he has addressed. when we repealed against ñrthis i also believe there's been a moral has order caused by a fra decision of a line of credit given to freddie mac. the concept still persists that it is too big to fail. nobody is going to walk away....
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bernanke and his loose money policy. but the question i would like to ask, does the fed relies the terribly destructive impact you have had on sabrevers in this country by reducing interest rates, waliñrfraudsters in this country are being rewarded? guest: i understand your frustration and one thing we're looking at is how to bring interest rates back to a long- term sustainable level from the extremely low levels. and there are differing views. i do share a different view. i think we should go back to a more normal level sooner rather than later, as i've said in my public speeches. and i think -- you know, my concern is in terms of the last time i voted, i voted on the usage of the word "extended period" because i think the economy will continue to improve modestly. we will be ableÑiçto move back o more normal rates sooner rather than later. and i do not consider necessarily our interest to ensure the markets that rates will yield play because that has the effect that also invites and sometimes excite speculative act
bernanke and his loose money policy. but the question i would like to ask, does the fed relies the terribly destructive impact you have had on sabrevers in this country by reducing interest rates, waliñrfraudsters in this country are being rewarded? guest: i understand your frustration and one thing we're looking at is how to bring interest rates back to a long- term sustainable level from the extremely low levels. and there are differing views. i do share a different view. i think we should...
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bernanke does not want to step up and -- i think mr. bernanke, unfortunately, does not want to step up and take responsibility. i think the administration put a good deal of capital to work to make sure that he stayed on as chairman of the fed. but honestly, it would require presidential leadership at this point. we see encouraging signs, but also discouraging signs. the president said nice things about big bankers and their compensation just last week. you have to ask the white house where we are on this issue. host: simon johnson is the author of an upcoming book, "13 bankers." when will this come out? guest: when wilthe end of march. i do not think this problem is going to go away anytime soon. host: wyoming, republican line. caller: i would just like to say a few things and please do not cut us off because we do not get a chance to get in as many times as the democrats and the independent line. i'm a conservative woman of color. i notice every time on c-span and i get to be disappointed. and i will get to my question. i notice a tal
bernanke does not want to step up and -- i think mr. bernanke, unfortunately, does not want to step up and take responsibility. i think the administration put a good deal of capital to work to make sure that he stayed on as chairman of the fed. but honestly, it would require presidential leadership at this point. we see encouraging signs, but also discouraging signs. the president said nice things about big bankers and their compensation just last week. you have to ask the white house where we...